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1. [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "Al Fuller" <al@bighealey.org>; Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 09:08:35 -0400; I just received a new tonneau from Moss Motors, which arrived without instructions on the install process. I don't see anything in the archives as to whether it's best to start at the front and work; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00184.html (7,227 bytes)
2. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "BJ8 Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 07:34:34 -0700; I think it's best to start at the center, and work outward alternately on the sides. Fold the fabric in half lengthwise to find the centerline, and mark it with chalk. This provides a guide to get t; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00186.html (9,425 bytes)
3. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 23:13:32 +0800; Can't comment on the quality, but to be fair the original tonneaus weren't exactly top quality either. Wait until you have a nice hot sunny summer day and park your car outside. Put the tonneau on t; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00187.html (9,761 bytes)
4. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 09:14:57 -0700; I second the set it in the sun on a hot day suggestion. I would add, install it as tight as possible. You want to have to fight to get it fastened when first done. With use it will stretch and it wil; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00189.html (8,295 bytes)
5. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "Ron Ray" <ronald-ray@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 13:23:58 -0500; Assuming you have a Robbins product, for a BT7 at least, one has to request a brass zipper if that is what one prefers, either for quality or to match original. Ron --Original Message-- From: healey; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00190.html (8,481 bytes)
6. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 14:59:38 -0500; No No, this is where Murphy's law kicks in with a vengence, if you fit it tight assuming it will stretch, it will shrink, if you fit it loose assuming it will shrink....good luck "I second the set it; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00192.html (7,860 bytes)
7. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@verizon.net>; Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 16:43:25 -0400; I've never seen any fabric stretch with time except maybe those patio covers that catch rain and the weight eventually stretches the cover so it always catches rain and stretches more until it tears.; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00194.html (8,886 bytes)
8. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: jerry wall <jwbn6hrdtp@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 07:38:10 -0500; you can double that in spades for tops (hoods). install it as tight as you can get it in the summer (when you don't use it) and then get ready for the fun when you try to make it stretch in the winte; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00225.html (10,409 bytes)
9. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 06:34:15 -0700; YMMV I guess. The last Robbins top I installed was on an MGB. Installed it snug but not tight. A month later I had to redo where it attached at the header rail as the top was now floppy loose from th; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00228.html (8,287 bytes)
10. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "Al Fuller" <al@bighealey.org>; Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 12:59:46 -0400; It's hard to tell where it came from. I asked the Moss dealer [Little British Car Co] to confirm the material, etc, and never got a response. Separately, I didn't see anything on either Moss's websit; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00232.html (10,307 bytes)
11. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "Al Fuller" <al@bighealey.org>; Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 13:02:40 -0400; If I understand all the comments correctly, a tonneau will constantly stretch and shrink depending on the sunshine falling on it. Please correct me if I mis-understand. Given the above, wouldn't it s; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00233.html (9,713 bytes)
12. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: "Al Fuller" <al@bighealey.org>; Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 13:06:24 -0400; Thanks, Alan - I'll keep the procedure in mind! Al Fuller al at bighealey dot org '62 BT-7 '65 BJ-8 '85 Rx-7 From: Alan Seigrist [mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 11:14 AM To; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00235.html (10,684 bytes)
13. Re: [Healeys] tonneau install procedure -- BT-7 (score: 1): Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>; Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 22:02:02 +0200; It will expand (temperarely) when hot so if you fit it tightly it will stretch (permanently) into something that has taken the right shape. Kees Oudesluijs NL ________________________________________; /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00242.html (8,453 bytes)

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